A documentary of puberty in girls featuring over 100 photos
of breast development and other changes as a girl
passes through puberty.

Real Child Safety is an eBook featuring beautiful images of safe
children, and priceless advice on how to protect kids from the most
frequent and most deadly dangers they face.

New updated and expanded second edition distributed by the Foundation
for Research and Education on Child Safety:
www.FRECS.org

"The mission of the Foundation for Research and
Education on Child Safety is to promote children's health and safety by
funding research and educating the public about the most frequent and
most deadly dangers facing babies, children and adolescents."

I'm an American teacher and photographer taking a
modern look at an ancient problem: breast shame. Body shame seems like an inevitable flaw in the human
psyche, but I believe it's better to light a candle than curse
the darkness.

It's clear that young girls during
puberty are often
ashamed of their breasts while they are growing, because of their
"small" size or "pointed" shape. Clothing isn't considered enough to
cover growing breasts, so in public arms are often raised or books held
up to hide the uncomfortable development. Some women report having felt
so embarrassed about their growing breasts that they fantasized cutting
them off (1).

The embarrassment often persists
into adulthood, so that many women feel too ashamed to perform periodic
breast self-exams, or when a suspicious lump is discovered they won't
see a doctor until the tumor has grown huge or spread and drastic
surgery becomes necessary. The potentially fatal decision to not
breastfeed your child is often influenced by breast shame, and failure
to breastfeed also correlates with poorer health in children and increased
risk of both breast cancer and endometrial cancer of the uterus (2,3).

Breast shame is a widespread problem in Western countries, originating
in our neglect and mis-education of children. Instead of teaching
children to be proud of their breasts, adults merely exhibit their own
inherited shame and say nothing. Does a "training bra" serve some rational purpose,
or is it a kind of "dog collar" as one woman called it?

Many uninhibited
observers would add: growing breasts aren't ugly, they're beautiful, and
the sudden and relatively fast development of breasts around puberty is
one of the most wonderful miracles in life. The first logical step in
combating breast shame is to bring the subject out of the closet and
into public discussion. What better way than to publish beautiful photos
of a girl's breasts during this fascinating stage of life?

For the past seven
years I've been documenting one girl's passage through puberty with
photographs in color and black and white, and detailed text describing
her thoughts and experiences as her flat chest budded and then blossomed
into full maturity (Tanner Stage five).
Girl
Becomes Woman
is a true documentary, presenting objective observations, and information
from competent representatives of different views about the subject -
not merely propaganda promoting some particular ideology. This
ambitious project is also a unique challenge to superficial censorship. Read the 12-page introductionhere.

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Education on Child Safety Are you satisfied with how the world is, or will you
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(3) The Politics of Breastfeeding: When Breasts are Bad for
Business (3rd ed.) by Gabrielle Palmer (Pinter and Martin, London,
2009).

New Video for children: Buddy Massage

This short video
demonstrates some massage techniques for kids. A professional masseur or even a
knowledgeable adult can do a better job, of course, but kids enjoy massaging
each other and reap some of the same benefits of a professional massage, as well
as comforting a sibling or friend who is stressed or overly excited. It's
well-known that stress reduction modulates the immune system, which in turn
increases our resistance to infection and possibly prevents auto-immune
dysfunction. Buddy massage, in particular, is also conducive to interpersonal
cooperation, and social integration, and with adult supervision buddy massage
cultivates mutual respect and friendship. There is insufficient research to
definitively confirm the benefits of massage, but according to the Mayo Clinic
massage may aid in treating headaches, mood disturbances, insomnia and minor
sports injuries.

There are two girls and two
boys (how's that for gender equality!) aged five, eight, nine and ten. The two
younger children being massaged are nude, as is normal during massage, but since
this video is public their genital areas are covered and hidden from the camera.
Family nudity is beautiful, but modesty is appropriate in public. The narration
describes the importance of appropriate hygiene and mutual consent, as well as
parental consent, and explains the easy techniques and relaxing pleasure of a
massage done properly.

This short but high-quality
video is only available as a free gift after you purchase Real Child Safety
2nd Edition. and then answer a questionnaire to prove you read it and show you
don't have prurient interests. (Your personal data are not requested.) All
profits from the sale of Real Child Safety will go to the Foundation for
Research and Education on Child Safety. Real Child Safety 2nd Ed. can
be ordered at: www.FRECS.org

Nothing in these eBooks or
videos should be misunderstood or misrepresented as an endorsement or
encouragement to any individuals or groups to violate any laws or conventional
moral conduct. Children should always be safe and protected from any kind of
physical, sexual, or emotional abuse.